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“High school freshman Shiki joins a competitive quiz club, entering a dazzling world of intellectual battles.”
Fastest Finger First
ナナマル サンバツ
6.66
6,691 rank · 79,112 viewers · 75 favorites
School
Strategy Game
Seinen
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Synopsis
High school freshman Shiki joins a competitive quiz club, entering a dazzling world of intellectual battles.
As soon as he entered high school, the first year student Koshiyama Shiki was invited to the mysterious Quiz Study Group led by his senpai. What will Shiki run into when being dragged along by his class mate Mari into the dazzling world of competitive quizzes?! (Source: Comic Walker)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 32 sampled reviews
6.4
/10
What 32 viewers settled on.
76%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 6
σ 1.95
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.95 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.1 pts
Recommenders 7.9 · others 2.8
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Score over time
↓ 0.59
Running avg · Jul 2017 → Dec 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I like it. It's still ongoing right now so the reviews are not that firm. I think it will develop into a greater storyline. There are still many more characters to be introduced. The characters are...”
- 7 “This anime delivers an enjoyable watch from start to finish with competitive quizzing in a high school environment, cool main character, friends, and rival, plus solid character development through...”
- 8 “This underrated Summer 2017 anime hooked me halfway through the first episode, leading to an awesome binge-watch in one sitting, with well-developed characters, good rivalry, solid setting, and...”
Verbosity
Short · 22%
Medium · 53%
Long · 25%
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2017 – Sep 2017 Summer 2017
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-12109 catalog
Produced by
- Toei Video Producer
- Enterbrain Producer
- Nippon Television Network Producer